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CROFT, Sir Herbert (c.1564-1629), of Croft Castle, Herefs. and Great St. Bartholomew’s, London

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b. c. 1564, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Croft† of Croft Castle and Alice, da. and h. of Thomas Browne of Attleborough, Norf.O.G.S. Croft, House of Croft of Croft Castle, 81; R.E. Ham, County and the Kingdom, 14. educ. ?Christ Church, Oxf.; His eldest son apparently said that Croft studied at the college. As he does not seem to have matriculated Wood suggests his stay was short. Croft himself stated in 1614 that he had not been ‘bred up in learning’. Ath. Ox. ii. 318; SP14/76/53. M. Temple 1594; embassy France 1598. M. Temple Admiss.; CSP Dom. 1598-1601, p. 37. m. c.1590, Mary (d.1659), da. and coh. of Anthony Bourne of Holt Castle, Worcs., 4s. 5da. suc. fa. 1601; Croft, 88-94; Ham, County, 62 Kntd. 7 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104. d. 1 Apr. 1629. Ham, County, 286.
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J.p. Herefs. 1589 – c.1607, Carm. by 1591 – 95, Oxon. by 1593-c.1607; Ibid. 49; C66/1698; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 159–60; Hatfield House, ms 278. steward of Crown manors, Herefs. and Mont. 1592–1612; Ham, County, 95. dep. lt. Herefs. 1597–1607; APC, 1597–8, p. 4; SP14/28/84. recvr.-gen. S. Wales 1599–1604; Ham, County, 95. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by 1598 – 1615, Wales and Marches by 1602–6, C66/1482; C181/1, f. 32v; 181/2, ff. 17v, 232v. subsidy, Herefs. 1599–1600; Ham, County, 111. member, Council in the Marches of Wales 1601–7; HMC Hatfield, xi. 567; Carleton to Chamberlain ed. M. Lee, 100. woodward, Herefs. by 1606-at least 1610; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 253; Lansd. 168, f. 182. commr. inquiry into the lands of wards, Mdx. 1608. C181/2, f. 64.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1608. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 93.

Commr. cloth exports 1614. HMC Downshire, iv. 338.

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CROFT, Sir Herbert (c.1564-1629), of Croft Castle, Herefs. and Great St. Bartholomew’s, London
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CROFT, William (c.1595-1645), of Croft Castle, Herefs. and Westminster

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b. c. 1595, 1st s. of Sir Herbert Croft* and Mary, da. of Anthony Bourne of Holt Castle, Worcs.O.G.S. Croft, House of Croft of Croft Castle, 88. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1609, aged 14, BA 1611; Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1616, 1619, 1622. Herefs. RO, W15/2 (Littleton to Coningsby, 21 Mar. 1616); Eg. 2595, f. 164; APC, 1621-3, p. 308. unm. Kntd. 13 June 1614; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. suc. fa. 1629. R.E. Ham, Country and the Kingdom, 286 d. 9 June 1645. D. Lloyd, Memoires of the Lives (1668), p. 674.
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Gent. of the privy chamber, Prince Charles’s Household by 1623 – 25, King Charles 1625–6. Autobiog. of Sir Simonds D’Ewes ed. J.O. Halliwell, ii. 415; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 396.

J.p. Herefs. 1624-at least 1641, C231/4, f. 164; C66/2859. dep. lt. 1624; Salop RO, 151/2903. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and the Marches 1625 – 40, swans, Midland counties 1627, C181/3, ff. 154v, 227; 181/4, f. 162v; 181/5, f. 185. Forced Loan, Herefs. 1627; Add. 11051, f. 33v. freeman, Yarmouth and Newport, I.o.W. 1634; Add. 5669, f. 97v; I.o.W. RO, NBC 45, f. 197v. commr. subsidy, Herefs. 1641–2, SR, v. 62, 152. array 1642–3, Northants. RO, FH133; C115/71/6511. safety (roy.) 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 49.

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CROFTS, Anthony (c.1593-1657), of West Stow, Suff. and Gray’s Inn, London

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b. c. 1593, 2nd s. of Sir John Crofts† (d.1628) of Chalgrave, Beds. and Little Saxham, Suff., and Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Shirley I* of Wiston, Suss.; bro. of Sir Henry*.C142/467/65. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1611; G. Inn 1612.Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. 16 July 1633,D. Lysons, Environs of London, iii. 623. Mary (d. 11 May 1678), da. of Richard Franklin of Willesden, Mdx., wid. of Sir John Smythe II* of Leeds Castle, Kent, 3s., 1da. d.v.p. d. 1 Oct. 1657.S.H.A. Hervey, West Stow Par. Reg. 77-8; W. Copinger, Suff. Manors, i. 406.
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Master in Chancery extraordinary 1620;C216/1/78. ancient, G. Inn 1631.PBG Inn, i. 308.

Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1641.C181/5, f. 213v.

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CROFTS, Anthony (c.1593-1657), of West Stow, Suff. and Gray’s Inn, London
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CROFTS, Sir Henry (c.1590-1667), of Little Saxham, Suff.

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b. c. 1590,C24/607/62. 1st s. of Sir John Crofts† of Chalgrave, Beds. and Little Saxham by Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Shirley I* of Wiston, Suss.; bro. of Anthony*. J. Gage, Hist. and Antiqs. of Suff.: Thingoe Hundred, 134. educ. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1607-9; academy, Angers 1607. A. Joubert, ‘Les Gentilshommes Etrangers ... a l’academie d’equitation d’Angers au xviie siecle’, Revue d’Anjou, xxvi. 11; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, i. 456. m. settlement 1 Nov. 1610, Elizabeth (d. 1 Oct. 1642), da. of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorks., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) by 1644, Margaret (d. 26 May 1674), 1s. d.v.p. 3da. Kntd. 3 Feb. 1611; suc. fa. 1628. bur. 31 Mar. 1667 31 Mar. 1667. Gage, 136; Little Saxham Par. Regs. ed. S.H.A. Hervey (Suff. Green Bks. v), 179-89; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150; PROB 11/323, f. 353. sig. Henry Croftes.
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Member, Virg. Co. by 1620. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 347.

Commr. oyer and terminer, Suff. 1640, C181/5, f. 175v. array 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. j.p. Suff. 1660-at least 1664; C220/9/4, f. 81; C193/12/3, f. 96v. dep. lt. Suff. 1660-at least 1665; SP29/11/308; Add. 39246, f. 12. commr. assessment, Suff. 1660 – d., loyal and indigent officers 1662. SR, v. 219, 339, 384, 467, 540.

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CROFTS, Sir Henry (c.1590-1667), of Little Saxham, Suff.
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CROKE, Sir John (c.1586-1640), of Studley, Oxon., Chilton, Bucks and Payne’s Place, Motcombe, Dorset

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b. c.1586, 1st s. of Sir John Croke† of Chilton, Bucks. j.k.b. 1607-20, and Catherine, da. of Michael Blount† of Mapledurham, Oxon.; bro. of Henry* and Unton*.A. Croke, Genealogical Hist. of Croke Fam. i. 485. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1600, aged 14; I. Temple 1601. Al. Ox.; CITR, i. 440. m. (1) Eleanor, da. and coh. of Jervase Gibbons of Benenden, Kent, s.p.; Croke, i. 485. (2) 24 May 1609, J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, ii. 370. Rachel, da. and h. of Sir William Webb of Motcombe, 3s. 1da. Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv), 209. Kntd. 18 Apr. 1609; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 147. suc. fa. 1620. C142/383/81; PROB 11/135, f. 132. d. 10 Apr. 1640. C142/614/76.
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J.p. Oxon. 1614-c.20, C66/1988. Westminster 1618-c.20, C181/2, f. 331. Dorset 1619–39; C231/4, f. 77; C193/13/1; 231/5, p. 358. ranger, forests of Shotover, Stowood and Barnwood, Oxon. and Bucks. 1621–?d.; C66/2220; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 221. commr. piracy, Dorset 1622, C181/3, f. 72v. oyer and terminer 1626–31, C181/3, f. 212; 181/4, f. 104. martial law 1626, APC, 1626, pp. 221, 224. Forced loan 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. complaints, Gillingham forest 1627; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 649. treas. E. Dorset 1629–30; Dorset RO, QSM/1/1. commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1629, C181/4, f. 32. knighthood fines, Dorset 1630–1, E178/7154, f. 288; 178/5251, ff. 3, 10, 61. sheriff 1637–8. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39.

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CROKE, Sir John (c.1586-1640), of Studley, Oxon., Chilton, Bucks and Payne’s Place, Motcombe, Dorset
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CROKE, Henry (1588-1660), of Hampton Poyle, Oxon. and Chequers, Ellesborough, Bucks.

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b. 1588, 2nd s. of Sir John Croke† (d.1620) of Chilton, Bucks., j.k.b. 1607-20, and Catherine, da. of Sir Michael Blount† of Mapledurham, Oxon.; bro. of Sir John* and Unton*.Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 189. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1605; I. Temple 1607, called 1617. Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss.; CITR ii. 29, 102. m. (1) by 1609, C66/1832. Bridget (bur. 5 July 1638), Her. and Gen. i. 326. da. and coh. of Sir William Hawtrey of Chequers and Hampton Poyle, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, iii. 292, 298. (2) settlement 1 Apr. 1648, PROB 11/268, f. 318. Judith, da. of Robert Wrotte of Grinton, Suff., wid. of John Wroth of Loughton, Essex, s.p. Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. vi. 346-7. Kntd. 31 Oct. 1615. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 157. d. 1 Jan. 1660. Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 187-9.
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Clerk of the Pipe (jt.) 1616 – 32, (sole) 1632–d. Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 66.

J.p. Oxon. 1619 – 37, Bucks. 1622–?49; C193/13/1, f. 79; C231/5, p. 253. commr. Forced Loan, Oxon. 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. collector, knighthood fines 1631; E401/2450. commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1634, C181/4, f. 179. assessment, Bucks. 1641, SR, v. 81, 149. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Assoc. Bencher, I. Temple 1638. CITR, ii. 245.

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CROKE, Henry (1588-1660), of Hampton Poyle, Oxon. and Chequers, Ellesborough, Bucks.
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CROKE, Unton (c.1594-1671), of the Old Palace, Oxford and Marston, Oxon.; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

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b. c.1594, 4th s. of Sir John Croke† (d.1620) of Chilton, Bucks. j.k.b. 1607-20, and Catherine, da. of Michael Blount† of Mapledurham, Oxon.; bro. of Henry* and Sir John*.Lipscomb, Bucks. i. 132. educ. I. Temple 1609, called 1617; Christ Church, Oxf. 2 Mar. 1610, aged 15. I. Temple database of admiss.; Al. Ox. m. 8 Nov. 1617, Anne (d. 10 June 1670), da. and h. of Richard Hore of Marston, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.); 1 other ch. d. 28 Jan. 1671. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 280; Parochial Colls. made by Anthony à Wood and Richard Rawlinson ed. F.N. Davis (Oxon. Rec. Soc. iv), 203-5; A. Croke, Genealogical Hist. of Croke Fam. i. 514.
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Sub-steward, Oxf. Univ. 1620-at least 1653; Reg. of Univ. of Oxford ed. A Clark (Oxf. Hist. Soc. x) ii, pt. 1, p. 242; L.H.D. Buxton and S.Gibson, Oxf. Univ. Ceremonies, 126. master in Chancery ?extraordinary by 1625-at least 1636; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 13; SP16/405. bencher, I. Temple 1635, reader 1639; CITR, ii. 224, 244. recorder, Wallingford, Berks. 1649-at least 1658; Berks. RO, W/AC a1, f. 137; C181/6, f. 329. sjt.-at-law 1655–60; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 190, 507. judge of assize, Home circ. 1655 – 56, 1658, Midland and Northern circs. 1657, Durham 1657; J.S. Cockburn, Hist. Eng. Assizes, 274; C181/6, f. 242. treas. Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, 1658–60. Order of Sjts.-at-Law, 507.

J.p. Oxon. 1621 – at least40, 1649 – at least58, Essex, Herts., Kent, Surr., Suss., 1655 – 58, Wallingford, Berks. 1656 – 58, Yorks. 1656, Cumb., Northumb., Westmld. 1656 – 57, Notts., Lincs,, Rutland, Warws. 1657; C231/4, f. 119v; 231/6, pp. 172, 314–15, 328, 359–62, 372, 389; C66/2858; C193/13/5; 193/13/6; C181/6, f. 329. verderer, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. by 1624-at least 1636; Cent. Kent. Stud., U269/1/DE200; C. Cox, Royal Forests of Eng. 263. commr. subsidy, Oxon. 1624, 1641–2, C212/22/23; SR, v. 65, 154. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1626, 1634, C181/3, f. 200; 181/4, f. 179v. Forced Loan, Oxon. 1626, C193/12/2, f. 46. oyer and terminer, Oxf. Univ. 1634, Home circ. 1655 – 56, 1658, Midland circ. 1657, N. circ. 1657, C181/4, f. 175v; 181/6, ff. 124, 170, 214, 241, 277. perambulation, Wychwood, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 1641, C181/5, f. 210. assessment, Oxon. 1657. A. and O. ii. 1077.

Commr. inquiry, Ct. of Wards. (roy.) 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 2. security of the ld. protector, 1656. A. and O. i. 1039.

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CROKE, Unton (c.1594-1671), of the Old Palace, Oxford and Marston, Oxon.; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London
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CROMPTON, Thomas (c.1580-1645), of Stone and Little Fenton, Staffs.

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b. c. 1580, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Crompton of Stone and Jane, da. of Sir Walter Aston of Tixall, Staffs. educ. ?King’s, Camb. c.1595. m. settlement 21 Feb. 1601, Margaret, da. of Samuel Marrow of Berkswell, Warws., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1603, aged 23. bur. 8 July 1645.C142/283/107; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. F. Parker (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. xii), 109; Al. Cant.; Staffs. RO, F/Stone/1. sig. Tho[mas] Crompton.
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J.p. Staffs. 1606–d.; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1940), p. 310; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 195. commr. aid, Staffs. 1612, E163/16/21, unfol. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624 – 26, 1628, 1641–2, C212/22/20–1; 212/22/23; E179/178/297; 179/179/299A; 179/283/27; SR, v. 65, 88, 155. charitable uses 1621, 1638; D1798/HM Chetwynd/116; C93/16/16. dep. lt., Staffs. 1623 – 27, 1629–d.; Longleat, Devereux pprs. (IHR microfilm), Box. vii. no. 106; Staffs. RO, D1798/H.M.Chetwynd/114; SP16/149/81i; HMC 4th Rep. 269. collector (jt.), Privy Seal loan, Staffs. 1625–6; E401/2586, p. 183. freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. 1625; T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 268. commr. Forced Loan, Staffs. 1627,C193/12/2, f. 54v. knighthood fines, 1630–1, E178/7154, ff. 289C, 290C; 178/5638, ff. 6, 10. array 1642, Northants RO, FH 133. safety 1642, CJ, ii. 862. assessment 1644–5. A. and O. i. 543, 642.

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CROMPTON, Thomas (c.1580-1645), of Stone and Little Fenton, Staffs.
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CROMPTON, Hugh (1571-1645), of Great Bedwyn, Wilts.

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bap. 18 Dec. 1571,IGI. 1st s. of Richard Crompton of Checkley, Staffs. and Catherine, da. of Oliver Richardson, Grocer, of London. Vis. Staffs. ed. H. Grazebrook, 103. unm. suc. fa. aft. 1599. PROB 11/155, f. 123; Oxford DNB sub Richard Crompton. bur. 30 Aug. 1645 30 Aug. 1645. Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 33.
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Gentleman usher to Arbella Stuart by 1591 – 1615; servant to William Seymour*, 2nd earl of Hertford 1615–d. D. Durant, Arbella Stuart, 180, 209.

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CROMPTON, Hugh (1571-1645), of Great Bedwyn, Wilts.
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CROMPTON, Sir John (c.1580-1623), of Skerne, Yorks. and the Inner Temple, London

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b. c. 1580, 2nd s. of Thomas Crompton† (d.1601) of Farringdon, London and Hounslow, Mdx., chirographer of c.p., and Mary, da. of Robert Hodgson of London, auditor of the Exch.; bro. of Sir Thomas†. educ. ?I. Temple c.1606. m. by 1610, Frances (d.1661), da. of Sir John Crofts† of Little Saxham, Suff., 7s. 2da. suc. bro. 1606;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. J.W. Clay, iii. 419-20; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 164; I. Temple database of admiss.; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, i. 372. Kntd. 25 Mar. 1608. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144. d. 7 Dec. 1623. C142/404/129.
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Steward, Beverley, Yorks. (jt.) by 1611 – d.; j.p. and custos rot., Beverley, Yorks. by 1611 – d., j.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1619–d.; C181/2, f. 146; 181/3, f. 37; HUL, DDHA/18/12; C231/4, f. 93; C193/13/1. commr. subsidy, E. Riding 1621–2. C212/22/20–1.

Chirographer, c.p., Dec 1622.-Jan. 1623. C2/Jas.I/D5/58; 2/Jas.I/T9/74; C66/1726; C142/399/156.

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CROMPTON, Sir John (c.1580-1623), of Skerne, Yorks. and the Inner Temple, London
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